David Stone

David Stone (17 February 1770-7 October 1818) was a member of the US House of Representatives from North Carolina's 8th district from 4 March 1799 to 3 March 1801 (succeeding Dempsey Burges and preceding Charles Johnson), a US Senator from 4 March 1801 to 17 February 1807 (succeeding Timothy Bloodworth and preceding Jesse Franklin) and from 4 March 1813 to 24 December 1814 (succeeding Franklin and preceding Francis Locke, Jr.), and Governor of North Carolina from 12 December 1808 to 1 December 1810 (succeeding Benjamin Williams and preceding Benjamin Smith). He was a Democratic-Republican.

Biography
David Stone was born in Bertie County, North Carolina in 1770, and he studied law in Halifax before being granted his new license in 1790. In 1789, he oversaw the ratification of the US Constitution in his home state, and he served in the North Carolina House of Commons from 1789 to 1795. He proceeded to serve in the US House of Representatives from 1799 to 1801 and in the US Senate from 1801 to 1807 and from 1813 to 1814, as well as Governor from 1808 to 1810. He was censured by the North Carolina General Assembly for failing to support the administration during the War of 1812, and he died in 1818.